Thursday, 14 July 2011

slumdog millionaire review

Slum dog millionaire, a film so mind blowing and spectacular that it soars over the sky and into India's modern and traditional culture. Jamal a young and poor boy who is accused of cheating in 'Who wants to be a millionaire'.The host Prem (Anil kapoor) calls the police to try and investigate into this.  Irfan, the police officer who investigates this case is astounded by Jamals answers to the questions in the show since all the questions he had answered were to do with his life including traveling around as an orphan, making money in delhi and finally arriving at the heart of mumbai where his brother 'salim malik' works for the underworld don Javed. one famous quote Javed makes is "my enemy's enemy is a friend"and so after hearing all his answers the boy from the slums was released and was ready again to go back to the show...
...ready to be a millionaire and conquer his love

the good
one of the best movies danny boyle has ever made.
the film has won 8 oscars and many other awards
get to know the real india old and new

written by: simon beaufoy
director: danny boyle
produced by: christian colson
budget: $15mill
gross revenue: $377,910,544
run time: 1 hr 56 min
cast:
Dev Patel...Older Jamal
Saurabh Shukla...Sergeant Srinivas
Anil Kapoor...Prem
Rajendranath Zutshi...Director (as Raj Zutshi)
Jeneva Talwar...Vision Mixer
Freida Pinto...Older Latika
Irrfan Khan...Police Inspector
Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail...Youngest Salim
Ayush Mahesh Khedekar...Youngest Jamal
Jira Banjara...Airport Security Guard (as Hira Banjara)
Sheikh Wali...Airport Security Guard
Mahesh Manjrekar...Javed
Sanchita Choudhary...Jamal's Mother
Himanshu Tyagi...Mr Nanda
Sharib Hashmi...Prakash
Virendra Chatterjee...Slum Man
Feroze Khan...Amitabh Bachchan
Sunil Kumar Agrawal...Mr Chi (as Sunil Aggarwal)
Virender Kumar...Man on Fire (as Virender Kumar Gharu)
Devesh Rawal...Blue Boy
Rubina Ali...Youngest Latika
Ankur Vikal...Maman
Tiger...Punnoose
Chirag Parmar...Young Arvind
Nazneen Shaikh...Baby
Farzana Ansari...Latika's Friend
Anupam Shyam...Old Villager
Salim Chaus...Ticket Collector
Singh Shera Family...Family in Train
Harvinder Kaur...Family in Train
Narendra Singh Bhati...Family in Train (as Narendra Singh)
Tanay Chheda...Middle Jamal (as Tanay Hemant Chheda)
Ashutosh Lobo Gajiwala...Middle Salim
Satya Mudgal...Taj Mahal Guide
Janet de Vigne...Ada / Mrs MacKintosh
William Relton...Peter
David Gilliam...Clark
Mia Drake Inderbitzin...Adele (as Mia Inderbitzin)
Kinder Singh...Driver
Christine Matovich Singh...Opera Singer
Thomas Lehmkuhl...Opera Singer
Siddesh Patil...Older Arvind
Najma Shaikh...Woman at Brothel
Saeeda Shaikh...Woman at Brothel
Alka Satpute...Woman at Brothel
Tabassum Khan...Woman at Brothel
Tanvi Ganesh Lonkar...Middle Latika
Sitaram Panchal...Dance Teacher
Nigel Caesar...Hotel Security Guard
Ajit Pandey...Javed's Goon
Kedar Thapar...Javed's Goon
Amit Leonard...Javed's Goon
Rajesh Kumar...Javed's Goon
Sagar Ghopalkar...Javed's Goon
Pradeep Solanki...Javed's Goon
Abdul Hamid Sheikh...Javed's Goon (as Hamid Sheikh)
Dheeraj Waghela...Javed's Goon
Shruti Seth...Call Centre Instructor (as Shruti S Seth)
Arfi Lamba...Bardi
Taira Colah...Nasreen
Varun Bagri...Call Centre Trainee
Ankur Tewari...Dave
Anjum Sharma...Operator
Madhur Mittal...Older Salim
Sarfaraz Khan...Autorickshaw Driver
Syed Fazal Hussain...Autorickshaw Driver (as Syed Hussain)
Umar Khan...Autorickshaw Driver (as Umer Khan)
Imran Hasnee...Javed's House Doorkeeper
Homai Billimoria...KBC Contestant
Udayan Baijal...Cricket Commentator
Sandeep Kaul...Floor Manager
Rufee Ahmed...Double for Irrfan Khan
Rhea Lawyer...TV Reporter
Deepali Dalvi...Dancer at Javed's Safehouse
Anisha Nagar...Dancer at Javed's Safehouse
Farrah Shaikh...Dancer at Javed's Safehouse
Mamta Sharma...Dancer at Javed's Safehouse
Neha M. Khatarawalla...Dancer at Javed's Safehouse
Tanya Singh...Newsreader
Anand Tiwari...Newsreader
Faezeh Jalali...Newsreader
Meghana Jhalani...Newsreader
Rupali Mehra...Newsreader
Anju Singh...Newsreader
Saurabh Agarwal...Call Centre Manager
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mark Boucher...Himself - South African Cricketer (archive footage)
Andre Nel...Himself - South African Cricketer (archive footage)
Yuvraj Singh...Himself - Indian Cricketer (archive footage)
Sachin Tendulkar...Himself - Indian Cricketer (archive footage)
Amitabh Bachchan...Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)